Hitching-strap fastener.



No. 875,839. PATENTED JAN. 7. 1908.

R. NEISINGH.

HITGHING STRAP FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 15. 1906.

W657? 666: [72 yew/07'";

M fizwwdn ezsm /a.

HQ y

r": nmzms PETERS co RICHARD NEISINGII, OF EXGELSIOR, MINNESOTA.

HITCHING-STRAP FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 7, 1908.

Application filed June l5|1906- Serial No. 321.908.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD NEIsINGn, a citizen of the United States,residing in the town of Excelsior, county of IIennepin, and

State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inHitching- Strap Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to devices for securing loops of straps to preventslipping, and more particularly to devices for securing the ends ofstraps to movable fasteners provided on the strap bodies, the objectbeing to provide means for so connecting the end and body that the loopmay be tightened by tension and not slip when tension ceases. I

The device of the improvement consists of an open metal frame throughwhich the strap passes and is slidable, and a spring arranged forpressing the strap against the upper wall of the frame having a suitablelip for receiving an ordinary harness snap when the strap is looped.This device is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which* Figure 1shows a side elevation of a post with a strap provided with my improvedfastener secured around it; Fig. 2 is an enlarged top View of the postand strap and fastener of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 shows the outer side of thefastener and strap; Fig. 4 shows the inner side of the fastener andstrap and spring in position; and Fig. 5 shows a central sectional viewof the fastener and strap and the ordinary harness snap attached aroundthe lip of the fastener.

In the drawings 1 designates an ordinary leather hitching-strap; 2 asuitable harness snap; and 3 a slidable frame on the body of the strap.The frame 3 is of metal and consists of an open body slightly curvedlengthwise and having both ends open to receive the strap. Thisconstruction allows the frame to be moved freely on the strap; and toprovide suitable frictional contact to prevent too free movement aspring I is secured to the end portion of the frame, and extends inward,and is slightly curved near its extreme end to contact with the strapand serves, in conjunction with the frictional contact of the strap andframe, to hold the frame in place on the strap and thereby hold thestrap in place and prevent it from slipping downward on the post. Thelip 5 is so 0011- structed as to allow an ordinary harness snap to besnapped thereon, as shown in Fig. 5, to make the necessary loop.

In hitching to a post the fastener frame 3 is moved on the strap to asuitable point, and the end portion of the strap is then passed aroundthe post and the snap 2 is snapped to the lip of the frame, after whichthe body of the strap should be pulled upon to tighten the loop. WVhonthis has been done the friction of the fastener frame and strap willprevent any loosening or slipping of the loop and the strap will beprevented from slipping down the post. The outer ed gcs of the frame 3have corrugations 6 to prevent slipping of the fingers in pulling thefastener 011 the strap. In nnhitching, the loop can readily be loosenedby hand by pulling the frame toward the body of the strap, or pushingthe body of the strap toward the frame; but until this is done it willremain securely in place.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent is A hitching strap fastener, consisting of an open framecomposed of slightly curved sidebars, a bridge uniting their upper edgesnear the middle, a cross-bar uniting the sides at one end, a springattached to said cross-bar and adapted to press a strap against saidbridge, and a lip uniting the opposite ends of the side-bars and adaptedto be engaged by a snap-hook, substantially as and for the purpose setforth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses, this 5th. day of June 1906.

RICHARD NEISINGH.

WVitnesses E. B. CRANE, A. M. BENSON.

